deer stolen

[twitchstick]

I feel for you I have lost two to bear and one to yotes. Only one was left over night.

[Gatekeeper]

Okay obviously I'm missing something...

You saw the doe "drop" in the field behind your house so you went inside to build arrows? If the doe is dead and you know it, why wouldn't you go and retrieve the doe? Is the field behind your house your property or do you need to get permission to gain access to the field?

You wrote that you found "blood and drag marks" did you follow the trail? Where did the trail lead to?

Then you wrote "guess the coyotes were more attentive than i this time."  Are you guessing or do you know? Does this mean you found the carcass?

This whole thread doesn't make sense. What was the point of starting this thread?

[Izzy]

The thread title is "deer stolen"  not deer scavenged. I don't think the author is actually blaming coyotes in the least. Coyotes don't steal, everthing they eat belongs to them. People steal though. I had a deer stolen by "yotes". They drove a truck right around back of the cabin in Indian lake, ny and neatly untied it from the porch rafters and disappeared into the wild. They have seriously evolved.

[JimB]

I've seen a lot of coyote kills,deer and antelope and never seen one drug except once reduced to almost a skeleton.

If you have bears and they are still out,which very well may be in that neck of the woods,I would suspect that or people.If it is a bear,you can find the remains.He will make a beeline for the nearest cover where he feels safe.The remains will be there.

[Gen273]

:mad:    :mad:    :mad:  sounds like it is time to bust some song dogs!

[Robertfishes]

We have a lot of bears on our place, lost a 50 lb wild hog to a bear a couple of years ago..it was cold out and early morning so I stayed in stand another hour so not to goof up Helens hunt..bear picked up hog and walked off with it..now I track and recover asap.. we also have panthers..hogs also eat deer,thats also happened to me

[huntmaster70]

I can't imagine shooting,watching the animal fall, then walking away thinking I will attend to it later.Doesn't make any sense to me unless there is more to the story.

[sidebuster]

I have seen on the TV hunting shows many times where the hunter in an evening hunt decides to look for the deer the next day since he feels the shot was questionable.

That's find and dandy if you live in an area where there are no coyotes or cats.

In south Texas you got to go look for the deer that evening because if you don't the coyote will.
You have no choice in South Texas you must look for your deer now.

[bornagainbowhunter]

If I see a deer fall, i don't wait.  I just go get them.  I have had some yotes eat on a carcass or two when the recovery took a couple of hours, but you will at least find a skeleton or hair.  If it was completely gone, I would suspect people.  

Not trying to brow beat, but next time, get it when it hits the ground.

God Bless,
Nathan

[katie]

I had a buck stolen by a human once.  I get to see the rack everyday when I drop my son off at the bus.  Just sitting on top of an old camper in the guys yard.

[Bel007]

Brian

Sorry to hear about your deer.  

I think when things don't go perfectly, it is human nature to look back and try to figure out what went wrong.  This is how man has evolved.  Figuring out how to do thing different next time to alter the outcome.

I think many here are trying to offer up ideas and scenarios that may benefit you, me, and themselves in the future.

Keep heading out into those woods.  Keep making those great shots.  And, like I plan to do, keep what happened to you this time fresh in your mind so next time maybe the outcome is different.

[riverrat 2]

Izzy,that last post was a good one. "coyotes don't steal,everything they eat belongs to them"
That...is an awesome analogy! How true it is.

[Jedimaster]

Go see your neighbor.  Perhaps someone came across it lying there, not knowing who shot it or if they were coming back and decided to take it home.  May have been no ill intent involved.  

If it is a neighbor and they've already cleaned it - let them keep it.  At least you'll have clarity.

On second thought, do the above AFTER you go back to the site and see the tracks of whatever drug the deer off.  Nothing moves a deer out of a field without leaving a trail.  I don't believe coyotes would/could drag off a mature doe that quick.

[Bldtrailer]

I've lost 3 deer over the years to coyotes! But I was told by my farmer friend that some other hunters XBOWERS had bloodtrailed a deer only to find a hughe BEAR laying on top of the dead deer (like a rug) and when they tryed to scare the bear  it stood up on it's back feet         and was much  taller than them!!! they then very very carefully backed out of the area before cleaning out    thier shorts LOL          BEARS 1 >>>---> XBOWERS 0

[Morning Star]

Some monster coyotes in your neck of the woods.  

[mmilinovich]

C'mon, Brian.  Don't let us hanging.  Questions were raised.  Only you know the answers . . .

Mark

[stujay]

I too would like to hear a follow up with the many questions that others have raised. Until then all I can say is...odd.

[Recurve50 LBS]

I had 2 legged yotes steal a deer I killed. Guess they needed it more than I did.

[joe ashton]

I think it was E Donnel T that said "It's not meat until it's in the freezer!"  Or on the plate...

[xtrema312]

and the drag marks went where?  Not to hard to follow drag marks many times with the blood, hair, and toe drag marks.